ING Canada (TSX:IIC) has promoted Charles Brindamour to the new position of chief operating officer. Brindamour has been with ING for 15 years and was most recently executive vice-president of ING Canada.
Derek Iles has been promoted to president of ING Insurance, a subsidiary of ING Canada. Iles joined ING in 1991 and was most recently executive VP for ING operations in Ontario and the western provinces.
ING Canada provides property and casualty insurance. Its head office is in Toronto.
Carol Wilding has been named president and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade. She replaces outgoing president and CEO Glen Grunwald on Feb. 19.
Wilding is a veteran executive in the non-profit sector and a chartered accountant.
The Toronto BOT is Canada's largest local chamber of commerce.
Katie McAuliff has been appointed president of Novell Canada Ltd. and VP and general manager of Novell Inc. She has been with Novell since 1993, most recently as director of partner sales for the U.S. Midwest.
Novell Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL) is an enterprise software company. Novell Canada is headquartered in Markham.
Fairmont Raffles Hotels International has appointed Matthew Sparks as senior VP for development for the Americas.
Sparks has been a consultant to Toronto-based Fairmont since 2005 and was previously VP of development and acquisitions for Wyndham International.
Ken Loeppky has been named 2007 president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA), representing the Canadian commercial real estate industry.
Loeppky has spent 25 years in the real estate industry and has been actively involved with BOMA Regina for 10 years.
BOMA Canada's VP for 2007 is Ian Stewart, a vice-president for property management with GWL Realty Advisors Inc.
BOMA Canada has more than 2,500 members in regional associations across the country.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) says chairman and CEO Glenn Murphy will leave the company at the end of March, to be succeeded as CEO by Jurgen Schreiber, currently president and COO.
Murphy joined Shoppers as chairman and CEO in 2001. Schreiber joined the company as president and COO last August, after working in the consumer packaged goods and retail sectors in Asia and Europe.
Shoppers Drug Mart has its head office in Toronto.
Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT (TSX:CSH.UN) has appointed Stephen Suske vice-chair and co-CEO, and Robert Ezer president and co-CEO. Cam Crawford has been appointed COO for the management of EBITDA and general and administrative expenses. Richard Noonan has been appointed COO of Canadian retirement communities.
Chartwell is an investment trust owning and managing a spectrum of seniors communities. Its head office is in Mississauga.
North American Palladium Ltd. (TSX:PDL) has appointed Reno Pressacco as VP of exploration and development.
Pressacco has spent the last 20 years in mineral exploration and mine development. He replaces Bruce Mackie, who has been retained to assist in a smooth transition.
North American Palladium's Lac des Iles Mine is a primary producer of platinum-group metals. The company is headquartered in Toronto.
Cangene Corp. (TSX:CNJ) has hired Grant McClarty as VP of research and development, succeeding Wendy Johnson, who is on a long-term medical leave.
McClarty was previously director of biomedical research at the federal National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Cangene is an R&D biopharm company founded and headquartered in Winnipeg.
Golden China Resources Corp. (TSX:GCX) has made changes subsequent to its amalgamation with Michelago Ltd., including the appointment of Greg Starr as president and CEO. He was previously CEO with Michelago and Emperor Mines Ltd.
Toronto-based Golden China is focused on the Chinese precious metals industry.
Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP) has appointed Donato Sferra, CFA, CA, to the new post of VP of investments. Sferra was previously an analyst with the investment arm of a bank.
Pinetree develops and manages a portfolio of equity securities of private and public issuers. Its head office is in Toronto.
Rewards management portal operator Points International Ltd. (TSX:PTS) says Steve Yuzpe has resigned as CFO to pursue other interests. Yuzpe will assist in the transition to his successor.
Points International is based in Toronto.
Strongco Income Fund (TSX:SQP.UN) says Robert Masaki, CFO of the fund and VP of finance of Strongco Limited Partnership, has advised management of his decision to leave in June. Masaki joined Strongco in 1998 as controller.
Strongco is a multi-line equipment provider with head office in Mississauga.
First Uranium Corp. (TSX:FIU) says it is opening a Toronto corporate office and has made two key hires.
Mary Batoff becomes VP legal and secretary. She had been VP legal and secretary at a TSX-listed mining company since 2004.
Bob Tait becomes VP of investor relations. He had been president since 2005 of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute.
First Uranium completed its IPO in December. It is focused on developing two uranium and gold projects in South Africa.
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV:PTU) has appointed Dale Huffman VP of field operations.
Huffman has 15 years of experience in the uranium and nuclear industries, most recently in senior positions with AREVA.
Purepoint is focused on the exploration of seven wholly owned multiple-target properties in the Athabasca Basin. Its head office is in Toronto.
SelectCore (TSXV:SCG) has hired Mohammad Abu-Leil as VP of sales and distribution. Abu-Leil most recently managed a private telecom distribution company.
SelectCore, of Tecumseh, is in the business of providing telecom products and services to the sub-prime consumer market.
Amerix Precious Metals Corp. (TSXV:APM) has named Keith Laskowski president and CEO. He succeeds John Andrews, who remains chairman.
Laskowski is a geologist who has 24 years of gold exploration experience.
Amerix explores for precious metals in Brazil and has its head office in Toronto.
Geosign Corp. has appointed Brent Drewry COO and Chris Howlett VP of acquisitions integration.
Drewry comes with more than 18 years in the high-tech sector in sales, marketing and business development roles.
Howlett has been with Geosign since 2005.
Privately held Geosign Corp. is a member of the Geosign group of companies, which are online media publishing companies. Its head office is in Guelph.
DMTI Spatial has promoted Misha Byalik to senior VP of research and development.
Byalik joined the company three years ago.
DMTI provides location intelligence services to companies and government agencies. It is privately held and has its head office in Markham.
MMV Financial Inc. says Inder Duggal has joined the firm as COO and CFO.
Duggal, a CA, was previously CFO, secretary and treasurer of Hummingbird Ltd.
MMV is a Toronto-based specialty finance company serving technology and life sciences firms. Its offices are in Toronto and Montreal.
Document design company Prinova has appointed Robert Calabrese as VP of worldwide sales and marketing.
Calabrese comes to the Toronto company from CA MDY.
Prinova provides document design, development and delivery services for the large-volume document delivery market.
Joseph Payne is the new CEO of Eloqua Corp. He was most recently president and COO of iDefense.
Eloqua sells an integrated marketing automation software suite. Its head office is in Toronto.
Valdis Martinsons has been appointed COO of iTMethods Inc. He was most recently CIO of Virgin Mobile Canada.
iTMethods is a managed infrastructure services provider with head office in Toronto.
The Greater Toronto Hotel Association (GTHA) has appointed Terry Mundell as its president. He was previously president and CEO of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association.
The GTHA represents more than 160 hotels with approximately 34,000 guest rooms.
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